Our Place Measurements

How do we know New Zealanders are being well-housed?

Community Housing Aotearoa is identifying the appropriate measures to document our progress towards all New Zealanders well-housed. We welcome your ideas and suggestions on how best to measure progress toward adequate housing that is habitable, affordable, accessible, security of tenure, and culturally appropriate. The measures and current indicators are shown below.

Indicators

Status at October 2016

___% of people who have moved involuntarily vs those who have chosen to mov

___current length of home-ownership tenure

Culturally Appropriate

All households have a choice of housing appropriate to their cultural needs

Indicators

Number of barriers removed for the development of Māori and Pacific peoples’ housing

Status at October 2016

19% of Māori and 39% Pacific peoples in overcrowded households versus 10% of general population in overcrowded households

___ of Māori and Pacific peoples who are severely housing deprived

A vision for New Zealand

We have a vision of all New Zealanders well-housed, where choices are available across the range of housing that meet the varied needs of any household, at a price they can truly afford, today and tomorrow.

We see a future where mixed-income, mixed tenure communities are the norm, with high quality homes that are warm, dry, easy to take care of, and inexpensive to run and maintain.

These are homes that enhance health and well-being, homes we can be proud of, in communities that people feel part of, and where every person can have a stake in their future, whether they rent or own their home.